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▪ I. rumbo1 Now arch.|ˈrʌmbəʊ|
[? f. rum n.1]
A kind of strong punch, made chiefly of rum.
1751Smollett Per. Pick. ix, He had provided vast quantities of strong beer, flip, rumbo, and burnt brandy. 1767Cries of Blood 68 Having called for some rumbo,..was stirring it with a spoon. 1821Scott Pirate xxxix, Hawkins..and Derrick..were regaling themselves with a can of rumbo. 1824― Redgauntlet ch. xiii, Will you have..a jorum of hot rumbo? 1889Conan Doyle Micah Clarke 106 He found a hogshead of rumbo which was thrown up from a wreck.
attrib.1798O'Keeffe Wild Oats ii. iii, You know that her ladyship, no more than myself, has set eyes upon you since you was the bigness of a rumbo canakin.
▪ II. † rumbo2 Cant. Obs.
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1725New Cant. Dict., Rumbo, a Prison or Gaol.
▪ III. rumbo3 Naut. slang.
Also rumbow.
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1846Swell's Night Guide 130/2 Rum bow, rope stolen from any of the king's dock-yards. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 585 Rumbo, rope stolen from a royal dockyard. |